Front end rebuild 1972 Duster
This I’m first time pressing in bushings with an actual press.
I have done the caveman method of a hammer, sometimes a vice but this method is safer and less likely to bend the control arm.
It is a juggling act though. You need stuff to press on and stuff to allow the bushings to pass though.
Boom.
Next is to squeeze in the spacer/washers.
Then I can put the arm back in the car to install the upper ball joint. I’ve seen guys use impact wrenches to crank them in but no thanks. That seems like it could strip the threads in the control arm.
This I’m first time pressing in bushings with an actual press.
I have done the caveman method of a hammer, sometimes a vice but this method is safer and less likely to bend the control arm.
It is a juggling act though. You need stuff to press on and stuff to allow the bushings to pass though.
Boom.
Next is to squeeze in the spacer/washers.
Then I can put the arm back in the car to install the upper ball joint. I’ve seen guys use impact wrenches to crank them in but no thanks. That seems like it could strip the threads in the control arm.